Area Information for Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, BT54 6TG

This postcode in Ballycastle is in Northern Ireland. The postcode is within the Torr Head and Rathlin ward/electoral division, which is in the UK Parliamentary Constituency of North Antrim.
This page combines information for the address Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, BT54 6TG, and the neighbourhood in which it resides.
If you wish, you can also view information for the whole of BT54 here.
For more details on the exact area these statistics cover, please see the map below and click "Show Census Area Covered" immediately below the map.

About the Demographic Information

The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, BT54 6TG is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2011.
They are performed once every 10 years.
Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes.
The figures are therefore representative of the local area, not a specific street address or row of houses.
The census collection is designed so that each group of postcodes should contain at least 100 people (50 in Scotland).
This is done to preserve the anonymity of the people in that area, as some postcodes cover a very small area, sometimes a single building.
You can see the area covered by the census statistics by clicking "Show Census Area Covered" below the map above.

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This area contains a mixture of housing types, as detailed below. No single type of dwelling accounts for more than 50% of the dwellings. Please note that the figures may include adjacent streets - see the Summary tab for an explanation and map of the area that these figures cover.

Social Grade approximations are derived from an algorithm created by the Market Research Society. The figures shown are per-household rather than individual - more specifically, the job title and employer of the "household reference person" is used, analogous to what traditionally was called the head of the household. Only household reference persons between the ages of 16-64 are included.

Social Grade

AB - Higher and intermediate managerial, administrative, or professional positions

Across the UK as a whole, the median age is 39. In general, inner city areas show high concentrations of people aged 18-30, suburbs show larger numbers of small children and adults aged 30-50, and rural and small towns are more popular with older workers and retirees. Many poorer areas lack a majority age group, which is due in part to the people in that area being constrained by circumstance rather than being able to choose where to retire, raise a family or grow up.

The postcode BT54 6TG does not show a significant deviation from the average figures for the UK. In the UK as a whole, the average figures are approximately as follows for relationship statuses: 34% single, 47% married, 3% separated, 9% divorced, 7% widowed, and 0.2% same sex.

Figures for relationship status do not include those aged under 16, or those family members aged 16-18 who are in full-time education.

Health in the UK is strongly tied to age as you would expect, but the affluence of a neighbourhood also has strong influence, with deprived areas often showing poorer standards of health.

Overall, the UK considers itself to be healthy - 81.1% of residents rated their health as Very Good or Good. The full breakdown is as follows for the United Kingdom: 47.1% Very Good, 34% Good, 13.3% Fair, 4.3% Bad and 1.3% Very Bad.

At the time of the 2011 census, across the UK 22.9% of residents had no qualification, 13.2% had 1-4 GCSEs, 15.2% had 5+ GCSEs and 1-2 A/AS-Levels, 12.3% had 2+ A-Levels, 27.1% had a degree (or similar), and 3.6% had an apprenticeship.

The qualification levels are based on current qualification names. The former Ordinary Levels (O-Levels) and CSEs will be included in the GCSE figures, and Higher School Certificates (HSCs) will be counted as A Levels.

This address (Ballycastle, Northern Ireland) can be considered less ethnically diverse than the UK average. As whole, the UK population claims itself as approximately 86% white, with residents of this area being 99% so.

As a country with a diverse population, the UK is home to other sizable ethnic groups, with mixed ethnicity (2.1%), Indian (2.4%) and Pakistani (1.9%) being the largest groups reported.

There is considerable division of ethnicities within the UK, with ethnically diverse addresses uncommon outside of urban areas.

At the time of the 2011 census, approximately 88.8% of the resident population of Northern Ireland were born in Northern Ireland. The other groups were 3.6% English, 0.85% Scottish, 0.14% Welsh, 2.1% from the Republic of Ireland, 2.51% from other European Union countries, and 2% from outside of Europe.

For postcodes in Northern Ireland, there may be some margin of error in the figures for "Northern Ireland" and "Republic of Ireland" - some respondents simply answer "Ireland" on the census, which may lead to misclassification.

Northern Ireland is primarily a Christian country, with 40.7% of residents Catholic, 41.6% other Christians, and 0.8% other religions. Approximately 10.1% of residents state that they have no religion or are Atheist, while 6.8% did not state their religious views.

This address within the Torr Head and Rathlin ward is entrepreneurial, with a larger than average concentration of residents that are self-employed - 17% of the resident population. On average, around 9.7% of census respondents were self-employed. Male residents were more than twice as likely to be self-employed than women.

Figures for economic activity do not include those aged under 16, or those family members aged 16-18 who are in full-time education. This data is therefore based on 42.4 million of the United Kingdom's 57.8 million residents. The data was correct as of the 2011 census, which was a period of depressed economic activity.

This data is based on resident aged 16-74 on census day 2011, who were in employment.

Employment Industry

AgricultureInc. Forestry and Fishing

6

Manufacturing

10

Water SupplyInc. Sewage and Waste Management

2

Construction

30

RetailInc. Wholesale

36

TransportationInc. Storage and Logistics

17

Accommodation and Food

19

Information and Communication

6

Financial ServicesInc. Insurance

5

Real Estate

4

Professional, Scientific and Technical

14

Administration

2

Public Administration and Defence

9

Education

35

HealthInc. Social Work

33

OtherInc. Arts, Recreation etc.

16

Total

244

Key:
Railway Station Hospital GP Primary School Secondary School

Below are the details of the closest services to BT54 6TG. All distances are straightline distances, please consult the map of the facility to check the exact location. You can also view these details on our interactive services map for BT54 6TG.

Nearest Doctor's Surgeries/GP Practices

Listed here are the 2 closest GPs (General Practitioners) to Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, BT54 6TG. The nearest is Dr. Hegarty & Partners, approximately 6.8 miles away.
Please consult the facility to check if they are currently accepting new NHS patients.